Social media ban for kids under consideration in online harms bill: Carney
Anja Karadeglija / nationalobserver - Prime Minister Mark Carney says that while there should be debate in Canada about a social media ban for children, he has not made up his own mind on the issue yet.
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Montreal teacher challenges policy for trans students to hide identity from parents
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Provincial policy allows children 14 years and older to change their name and pronouns in school without parental consent.
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B.C. teen Piper James was forced into water by dingoes, coroner says
Andrew Stafford / theglobeandmail - James was on a backpacking trip and had been working on the island of K’Gari when she died on Jan. 19
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Ontario students gather outside legislature to protest cuts to OSAP grants
Allison Jones / theglobeandmail - New funding model changes proportion of grants to loans by capping grants at 25% of aid
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Ontario Coptic priest charged with sexual assault of minor in 1990s: police
sootoday - EAST GWILLIMBURY — Police north of Toronto have charged a 47-year-old priest with sexual assault of a child in a case dating back to the 1990s.
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Edmonton man wanted in two Toronto-area murders, another suspect ID'd: police
sootoday - Police in Toronto and York region say a 19-year-old suspect from Edmonton is wanted in two separate murders that took place earlier this year. Police say the suspect is facing first-degree murder charges in the killings of two men.
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Four-year-old girl dies from injuries after Quebec cross-country ski trail accident
Paula Tran / ottawacitizen - The girl was injured on Feb. 22 while being pulled on a sled by an adult in Nakkertok in Val-des-Monts.
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New study finds sharp rise in young men contacting Ontario gambling helpline
sootoday - The rate of young men contacting Ontario’s mental health helpline for gambling-related problems has increased by more than 300 per cent after the province allowed private online gambling, a new study suggests.
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Fréchette and Drainville say they won't water down Quebec's secularism laws
Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - CAQ leadership candidates face off in a virtual debate moderated by the party's youth wing.
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B.C. teen who died in Australia eulogized as 'curious, bold and alive to world'
sootoday - VICTORIA — The family and friends of Canadian teenager Piper James who died in Australia last month remembered her as "curious, bold and alive to the world" during a celebration of life held Saturday in Campbell River, B.C. on Vancouver Island.
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Family outraged at manslaughter sentence in girl’s death that prompted Edmonton police letter
Karen Bartko / globalnews - The judge cited actions by the Edmonton Police Service as a mitigating factor when determining a reduced sentence for Ashley Rattlesnake in the manslaughter death of Nina Napope.
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McGill, Concordia drop legal battle with Quebec government over tuition hikes
sootoday - MONTREAL — Concordia and McGill universities say they are abandoning their legal challenge against the Quebec government's decision to maintain a 33 per cent tuition hike for out-of-province students.
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Amber Alert ‘instrumental’ in rescuing abducted two-year-old boy, police say
Chris Kitching / winnipegfreepress -
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Pediatric society recommends screening kids between two and 10 for high cholesterol
Nicole Ireland / nationalobserver - The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending cholesterol screening for all kids between two and 10 years old.
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Sentencing hearing begins for man in drunk driving crash that killed three siblings
John Marchesan / citynews - A huge show of support in court Thursday for the family members of three kids whose lives were taken in a horrific drunk driving crash last May, as victim impact statements were read. Dressed in all black and sitting in the prisoner’s dock, 20-year-old Et…
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Students in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., begin returning to class following mass shooting
Charles Brockman / citynews - Some students are heading back to classes in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., just over two weeks after an 18-year-old shooter killed eight people, including six at the local secondary school, before turning the gun on herself.
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Quebec campaign aims to combat alpha male influencers who trivialize sexual violence
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Universities and junior colleges across Quebec are launching a new campaign to counter the rise of male influencers.
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Montreal police conducting searches in lead-up to teen’s death by South Shore police
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Montreal police say they are conducting searches in an investigation connected to the death of a teenager shot dead by police on the city's South Shore.
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Suspect wanted in fatal 2025 shooting of Toronto teen, two other men arrested: police
sootoday - TORONTO — A suspect is wanted for murder in the unprovoked shooting of a 15-year-old Toronto boy last June, and two other men have been arrested in the case, police said Thursday. Det. Sgt.
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Sentencing in Saskatoon court for teen who lit Evan Hardy classmate on fire
Michael Joel-Hansen / thestarphoenix - Sentencing arguments are taking place in a Saskatoon courtroom for a teenage girl who pleaded guilty to setting another teen on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate. The 16-year-old girl, whose name can’t be published under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justi…
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